Project Coordinator salary in Paducah, KY-IL

Pay in Paducah against Kentucky and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in Paducah earns $62,920–$99,290. The top tenth earns $125,560 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($84,730) is 9% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $36,370 wide, against $40,730 across Kentucky and $54,660 nationally: employers in Paducah pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $15,170 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $21,200, or about $27,355 once benefits are added. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $102,320 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles in Paducah, and the Kentucky statewide median of $81,700 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local project coordinators earn.

What a hire really costs in Paducah

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $22,671 to the $78,090 median and brings it to $100,761 a year. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in Paducah

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 15 roles we track in Paducah; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $32,130.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 15 roles we track in Paducah (-23.7%); payroll specialists come first (-1.8%). The typical role here is at -16.5%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Paducah than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 5.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Paducah, 5.2% across Kentucky and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $73,850 in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area to $84,520 in Lexington-Fayette, a gap of $10,670 a year. Of the 6 areas in Kentucky with more project coordinators than Paducah, 3 pay less: the Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($76,260), the West Kentucky nonmetro area ($75,050) and the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($73,850).

Paducah against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Paducah is #349 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Kentucky, Johnson City and Alexandria pay just above Paducah and Springfield and Flagstaff just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Paducah. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, two pay more.

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